This spicy chicken recipe stands on its own as an entree but also makes an amazing base for chicken tacos. Sometimes I saute this as patties and other times as loose pieces, so you have options. My preferred entree method is to saute the chicken …
Read MoreWhere You Are
R.M. Dolin, December 1, 2023 The air I breathe no longer moves, frozen by the very same sky creatingrings around the full moon castinglost shadows on still falling snow with a claritythat causes me to remember the way your eyes reveala faraway light of forever, …
Read MoreCorn Bread Casserole
Whether as a main dish or a side, this simple dish plays well at the campsite or elegant dinner party. While I prefer to make my cornbread from scratch, you can also substitute two boxes of Jiffy corn bread mix, if that’s how you roll. …
Read MoreHomemade Cornbread
Yes you can just buy a couple boxes of Jiffy cornbread mix for a buck, do you really want stale grains and chemicals when you can make it from scratch using fresh chemical free ingredients….your call. The secret to making fluffy cornbread, like making fluffy …
Read MoreBasic Turkey/Chicken Brine
There are many reason you’d want to brine your fowl, foremost is taste and texture of the finished bird and second, it seasons the meat throughout and not just on the surface as rubs do, and it renders a dark crispy skin when cooked. It’s …
Read MoreSweet Potato Souffle
To start with, let’s agree to avoid the whole Yams versus Sweet potato debate and stipulate that you can use both for this recipe. So, a souffle is a baked, egg-based dish that requires a small amount of precision and lots of luck, which can …
Read MoreQuick Irish Soda Bread
As I travel the world going from one adventure to the next, the thing I most enjoy is visiting local bakeries to sample bread. An interesting phenomena I observed is that local breads in other countries taste different than the same bread made from a …
Read MoreFrench Lasagna – white sauce and spinach
This is a mostly French lasagna, but I’ve made so many tweaks to the recipe I’m not sure the French would claim it any more. It has a white sauce base with mushrooms and spinach as well as an optional protein, such as Italian sausage. …
Read MoreRicotta Cheese from Milk
Classic ricotta cheese is made from a combination of Whey and Milk (see Traditional Ricotta recipe), but the challenge is finding whey. One way, and excuse the pun, is to make whey, which is a by-product of making cheese; you see the circular irony right? …
Read MoreDon’t Look Out Your Window
R.M. Dolin, November 12, 2023 Don’t look out your windowto watch the world on fire.Don’t invest a second understanding what it means to besomeone else. Don’t act as if you care, don’t talk as if you have solutions.Not when you refuseto look out your widow …
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